Opinion / Columnist
MDC-T dismiss 'lies' about Tsvangirai's advisor
05 Apr 2013 at 12:09hrs | Views
The Herald today published yet another lie, alleging that daggers are out for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangrai's political advisor, Alex Magaisa.
For the record, Dr Magaisa is the PM's political advisor and not legal advisor as falsely alleged in the Herald story.
Dr Magaisa continues to competently execute his duties while the competence of the PM's legal team was shown this week when it forced the President to back down from his attempt to unilaterally and unconstitutionally set a June 29 harmonized election date.
The President only back-tracked after the PM' legal team challenged him on his proposed date which he had set without due regard to the GPA, now part of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
The story makes an erroneous submission that it is only the President who has the executive authority to proclaim the dates for elections when that is clear that he cannot legally do that without consulting the Prime Minister.
Secondly, Justice George Chiweshe did not at any point throw out the legal application by the Prime Minister contesting the President's unconstitutional bid to clandestinely set an election date without consulting him.
The Prime Minister's lawyers formally withdrew their application on Thursday afternoon after President Mugabe backed down from his earlier attempt to sneak in a June 29 harmonised election date.
Dr Magaisa remains at work and judging by the Herald 's story, Daggers out for Tsvangirai advisor, it appears the so-called daggers have been drawn out by Zanu-PF activists such as Gabriel Chaibva and fringe so-called political commentators who are quoted in the story.
It would assist The Herald to report the truth and not to be perennially negative about anything do with the Prime Minister of the country, or any of his members of staff or supporters of the ruling party that he leads.
Zimbabweans expect fair and objective coverage from the public media but judging by the overt bias exhibited by The Herald on a daily basis, there is little wonder why media reforms are now more urgent than ever before, especially as we approach the next elections which must be fair, free and credible.
For the record, Dr Magaisa is the PM's political advisor and not legal advisor as falsely alleged in the Herald story.
Dr Magaisa continues to competently execute his duties while the competence of the PM's legal team was shown this week when it forced the President to back down from his attempt to unilaterally and unconstitutionally set a June 29 harmonized election date.
The President only back-tracked after the PM' legal team challenged him on his proposed date which he had set without due regard to the GPA, now part of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
The story makes an erroneous submission that it is only the President who has the executive authority to proclaim the dates for elections when that is clear that he cannot legally do that without consulting the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister's lawyers formally withdrew their application on Thursday afternoon after President Mugabe backed down from his earlier attempt to sneak in a June 29 harmonised election date.
Dr Magaisa remains at work and judging by the Herald 's story, Daggers out for Tsvangirai advisor, it appears the so-called daggers have been drawn out by Zanu-PF activists such as Gabriel Chaibva and fringe so-called political commentators who are quoted in the story.
It would assist The Herald to report the truth and not to be perennially negative about anything do with the Prime Minister of the country, or any of his members of staff or supporters of the ruling party that he leads.
Zimbabweans expect fair and objective coverage from the public media but judging by the overt bias exhibited by The Herald on a daily basis, there is little wonder why media reforms are now more urgent than ever before, especially as we approach the next elections which must be fair, free and credible.
Source - Principal Director of Communications/Spokesperson Office of the Prime Minister
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